1 Killed, 1 Hurt In Traffic Accidents

March 10, 1990|By MARC R. TURPIN Staff Writer

ISLE OF WIGHT — A Hampton man was killed and a Grafton woman seriously injured in separate accidents in the Smithfield area Friday.

Donnie Gene Burnette, 51, of the 2100 block of East Pembroke Avenue, was killed at 3:40 p.m. on Battery Park Road near Smithfield when the eastbound 1985 Chevy pickup truck he was driving veered into the westbound lane on a curve and collided head-on with a Plymouth driven by Reginald Wingo, 16, of Smithfield, State Trooper S.J. Lindsey said.

Burnette, who police said was not wearing a seat belt, was dead at the scene. Wingo was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with what appeared to a broken leg, Lindsay said.

Two passengers from Hampton in the pickup truck, Frank Graves, 27, of the 200 block of Seaboard Avenue, and Joseph Whiting, 20, of the 2100 block of East Pembroke Avenue, were taken to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Graves was listed in satisfactory condition and Whiting was treated and released.

Three passengers in Wingo's car, identified as Helen Rice, 16, Damien Piker, age unavailable, and 2-month-old Rachel Rice, were taken to Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk for treatment.

Lindsay said alcohol was believed to be a contributing factor in the accident. A deputy sheriff said empty beer cans were found in the truck. The accident occurred about a mile from South Church Street.

About two hours earlier, Marilyn F. Wiener, 62, of the 300 block of Lotz Drive in Grafton, was seriously injured when her small car collided with a dump truck pulling onto Route 10 from a road that leads to a construction site behind the Smithfield Plaza shopping center, said State Trooper J.W. Wright.

Wiener received facial injuries and was listed in serious condition at Riverside Friday night.

The dump truck belonged to Earl Daniels Hauling of Hampton and was driven by Emanuel E. Daniels, 36, of the 1300 block of Caldwell Drive in Hampton.

Daniels was charged with failing to yield the right of way, Wright said. Wiener was charged with failing to wear a seat belt.

Daniels, who was not injured, told police he didn't see Wiener's 1984 Peugeot because another dump truck was making a right turn into the side road.